year: 1152
initiator: Queen Melisende
recipient: Abbey of Saint Lazarus in Bethany
institution: Saint Lazarus in Bethany
text: *Jan. 1 1149 – Apr. 20 1152. Queen Melisende confirms the possessions of the abbey of St Lazarus of Bethany and adds among other things the gift of the whole of Jericho.
*Jan. 1 1149 – Apr. 20 1152. Queen Melisende confirms the possessions of the abbey of St Lazarus of Bethany and adds among other things the gift of the whole of Jericho.
sources: William of Tyre, pp. 709-10 ; Mayer, UKJ 1:364-5, no. 182
year: 1152
initiator: Queen Melisende
recipient: Abbey of Saint Samuel of Montjoie
institution: Saint Samuel of Montjoie
text: *Jan. 1 1149 – Apr. 20 1152. Queen Melisende gives the abbey of St Samuel of Montjoie the casale of Bethela (for which King Baldwin IV was to pay the Templars a rent of 40 besants a year) and the gastinae of Bethaget/Bethayet, Amazor/Amazoo, Bisene/Bisenc, and Gedesa/Gedisa.
*Jan. 1 1149 – Apr. 20 1152. Queen Melisende gives the abbey of St Samuel of Montjoie the casale of Bethela (for which King Baldwin IV was to pay the Templars a rent of 40 besants a year) and the gastinae of Bethaget/Bethayet, Amazor/Amazoo, Bisene/Bisenc, and Gedesa/Gedisa.
sources: Mayer, UKJ 1:365-6, no. 183
year: 1159
initiator: Queen Melisende
recipient: Abbey of Saint Samuel of Montjoie
institution: Saint Samuel of Montjoie
text: *Jan. 1 1149 - Dec. 24 1159. Queen Melisende gives the casale of Torasdis, situated on the side of Mons Gaudii, with the villani known to have lived there since the time of the siege of Antioch, and the church of St John the Evangelist in Nablus to the abbey of St Samuel of Montjoie.
*Jan. 1 1149 - Dec. 24 1159. Queen Melisende gives the casale of Torasdis, situated on the side of Mons Gaudii, with the villani known to have lived there since the time of the siege of Antioch, and the church of St John the Evangelist in Nablus to the abbey of St Samuel of Montjoie.
sources: Mayer, UKJ 1:380, no. 197
year: 1159
initiator: Queen Melisende
recipient: Abbey of Saint Samuel of Montjoie
institution: Saint Samuel of Montjoie
text: *Jan. 1 1149 - Dec. 24 1159. Queen Melisende gives the church of St John the Evangelist in Nablus, which was once a machomeria, to the abbey of St Samuel of Montjoie.
*Jan. 1 1149 - Dec. 24 1159. Queen Melisende gives the church of St John the Evangelist in Nablus, which was once a machomeria, to the abbey of St Samuel of Montjoie.
sources: Mayer, UKJ 1:381, no. 198
year: 1159
initiator: Queen Melisende
recipient: Canons of the Templum Domini
institution: Templum Domini
text: *Jan. 1 1149 - Dec. 24 1159. Queen Melisende gives the canons of the Templum Domini in Jerusalem the gastinae of Heteyre and Beitdecoc.
*Jan. 1 1149 - Dec. 24 1159. Queen Melisende gives the canons of the Templum Domini in Jerusalem the gastinae of Heteyre and Beitdecoc.
sources: Mayer, UKJ 1:381-2, no. 199
year: 1159
initiator: Queen Melisende
recipient: Great laura of Saint Sabas
institution: Saint Sabas
text: *Jan. 1 1149 - Dec. 24 1159. Queen Melisende gives 3 vastinae, called Kafarrus, Vetus Betor and Deirfres, to great laura (abbey) of St Sabas near Jerusalem, in order to provide the alms-money to buy 24 loaves every Saturday.
*Jan. 1 1149 - Dec. 24 1159. Queen Melisende gives 3 vastinae, called Kafarrus, Vetus Betor and Deirfres, to great laura (abbey) of St Sabas near Jerusalem, in order to provide the alms-money to buy 24 loaves every Saturday.
sources: Mayer, UKJ 1:382-3, no. 200
year: 1159
initiator: Queen Melisende
recipient: Balduinus vicecomes Neapolitanus
text: *Jan. 1 1149 - Dec. 24 1159. Queen Melisende gives Baldoinus vicecomes Neapolitanus [103 tents] of Beduini ‘de genere Benicarquas’. [77]
*Jan. 1 1149 - Dec. 24 1159. Queen Melisende gives Baldoinus vicecomes Neapolitanus [103 tents] of Beduini ‘de genere Benicarquas’. [77]
sources: Mayer, UKJ 1:383-4, no. 201
year: 1159
initiator: Queen Melisende
recipient: Royal Hospital of Saint John the Baptist in Nablus
text: *Dec. 25 1158 - Dec. 24 1159. Melisende, regina Jherusalem, with the agreement of her son King Baldwin III, gives the royal Hospital of St John in Nablus, founded by King Baldwin II, a rent of 3 quintalia/quintaux [of sugar?] and 300 litrae of oil each year, drawn from houses in Nablus.
*Dec. 25 1158 - Dec. 24 1159. Melisende, regina Jherusalem, with the agreement of her son King Baldwin III, gives the royal Hospital of St John in Nablus, founded by King Baldwin II, a rent of 3 quintalia/quintaux [of sugar?] and 300 litrae of oil each year, drawn from houses in Nablus.
sources: Mayer, UKJ 1:384-5, 460, nos. 202, 252 (RRH no. 339a)
year: 1162
initiator: Queen Melisende
recipient: Templum Domini
institution: Templum Domini
text: *Early Summer 1161 - Sept. 11 1162. Queen Melisende gives the Templum Domini tithes in the territory of Nablus: the tithes that Guido de Miliaco held in feodo; the tithes of the land that Guido held by hereditary right; the tithes of the 7 casalia of Lvban, Ruezun, Deira, Duera, Orif, Gerraa and Derach; the tithes of Ciriz, Misiriffum, Gidida, Casale Syrorum, Zaiet, Nip and Azeira, which were the possessions of Vlricus vicecomes; the tithes of all the land of Balduinus vicecomes, which he held in exchange for land across the river (Jordan), except for those of Daramahet and Sier; and all tithes collected from the vineyards tilled by Franks [Franci] from the bottom of the valley to the top of the mountain on either side of Nablus.
*Early Summer 1161 - Sept. 11 1162. Queen Melisende gives the Templum Domini tithes in the territory of Nablus: the tithes that Guido de Miliaco held in feodo; the tithes of the land that Guido held by hereditary right; the tithes of the 7 casalia of Lvban, Ruezun, Deira, Duera, Orif, Gerraa and... more
sources: Mayer, UKJ 1:385-6, no. 204